Monday, September 2, 2019

European Western Comic Books ~ Gli Albi di Pilot


This comic book collection presents a series of monograph books of French production, except the first release, signed by Milo Manara which already appeared in PILOT (Bonelli-Dargaud, 1984). The following characters are published: VALERIAN (VA) (P. Christin / J. C. Mezieres); MAC COY (MC) (J. P. Gourmelen / A. H. Palacios); KELLY GREEN (KG) (L. Starr / S. Drake); CARTLAND (CA) (L. Harlé / M. Blanc-Dumont); AXEL MUNSHINE (AM) (C. Godard / J. Ribera); VELISSA (VE) (S. Le Tendre / R. Loisel); HARRY CASE (HC) (Moliterni / W. Fahrer); STEEL ANGELS (AA) (Victor Mora / Victor De La Fuente).

The series contained 42 issues published monthly from September 1984 until August 1988. It was published by Bonelli-Dargaud directed by Sergio Bonelli in Milan, Italy. Each issue contained 48 black and white pages with color covers.


01 (00.09.84) - “L’uomo di carta” (The Paper Man)
02 (00.10.84) - “Benvenuti su Alflolol” (VA) (Welcome to Alflolol)
03 (00.11.84) - “Wanted!” (MC) (Wanted!)
04 (00.12.84) - “Il contatto” (KG) (The Contact)
05 (00.01.85) - “Jonathan” (CA) (Jonthan)
06 (00.02.85) - “Il vagabondo delle stelle” (AM) (The Vagabond of the Stars)
07 (00.03.85) - “Gli uccelli follia” (VA) (The Birds Madness)
08 (00.04.85) - “La morte bianca” (MC) (The White Death)
09 (00.05.85) - “Un, due, tre si muore!” (KG) (One, Two, Three You Die!)
10 (00.06.85) - “L’impero dei soli neri” (AM) (The Empire of the Black Suns)
11 (00.07.85) - “L’ultima carovana per l’Oregon” (CA) (The Last Caravan for Oregon)
12 (00.08.85) - “L’ambasciatore delle ombre” (VA) (The Ambassador of the Shadows)
13 (00.09.85) - “Trafficanti di scalpi” (MC) (Traffic of Scalps)
14 (00.10.85) - “Cento millioni, morte compresa” (KG) (One Hundred Million, Death Included)
15 (00.11.85) - “Gli sciacalli del cosmo” (AM) (The Jackals of the Cosmos)
16 (00.12.85) - “Il fantasma di Wah-Kee” (CA) (The Ghost of Wah-Kee)
17 (00.02.86) - “La conchiglia di Ramor” (VE) (Ramor’s Shell)
18 (00.02.86) - “Il tempio dell’oblio” (VE) (The Temple of Oblivion)
19 (00.04.86) - “Sulle terre finte” (VA) (On the Fake Islands)
20 (00.04.86) - “Little Big Horn” (MC) (Little Big Horn)
21 (00.06.86) - “Rock insanguinato” (KG) (Bloody Rock)
22 (00.06.86) - “I demoni del tempo” (AM) (The Demons of Time)
23 (00.08.86) - “Il fiume del vento” (CA) (The River of the Wind)
24 (00.08.86) - “Sulle terre del rige” (VE) (On the Lands of the Line)
25 (00.10.86) - “Le dita del caos” (CA) (The Fingers of Chaos)
26 (00.10.86) - “La donna scomparsa” (HC) (The Disappearing Woman)
27 (00.01.87) - “Il canyon del diavolo” (MC) (The Devil’s Canyon)
28 (00.02.87) - “L’alchimista supremo” (AM) (The Supreme Alchemist)
29 (00.03.87) - “La pellicola in nero” (HC) (The Black Film)
30 (00.04.87) - “Silver Canyon” (CA) (Silver Canyon)
31 (00.05.87) - “Gli eroi dell’equinozio” (VA) (The Heroes of the Equinox)
32 (00.06.87) - “Il dio anaconda” (AA) (The Anaconda God)
33 (00.07.87) - “La follia del pianeta terra” (AM) (The Madness of Planet Earth)
34 (00.08.87) - “I sopravvissuti delle ombre” (CA) (The Survivors of the Shadows)
35 (00.09.87) - “L’ereditiera fantasma” (HC) (The Ghost Heiress)
36 (00.10.87) - “Fiesta a Durango” (MC) (Fiesta at Durango)
37 (00.11.87) - “La giungla dei dannati” (AA) (The Jungle of the Damned)
38 (00.12.87) - “Camerone” (MC) (Camerone)
39 (00.03.88) - “La guerra delle Bonke” (AM) (The Bonke War)
40 (00.04.88) - “I pirati del fumetto” (KG) (Pirates of the Comic Strip)
41 (00.07.88) - “Mondo senza stelle” (VA) (World Without Stars)
42 (00.08.88) - “Pericolo immediato” (HC) (Immediate Danger)

Sunday, September 1, 2019

RIP Jukka Virtanen


Over the decades, Jukka Virtanen, 86, who has become known to Finnish television viewers for several television shows  , died on Sunday September 1 2019, after a long battle with cancer. Virtanen had an extraordinary career in Finnish television, films and theater. Born on July 25, 1933 in Jämsänkoski, Finland, Virtanen is remembered for example as a presenter, actor, screenwriter, director and songwriter. Virtanen was also one of the founding members of the New Happy Theater. Many also remember him as the presenter of the legendary Record Board. A good friend of Spede Pasanen he worked with him on several films and appeared as Juoppo in 1970’ “Speedy Gonzales”. Jukka also was a writer on the 1970 TV western film “Häjyt, rennot ja rumat”.

Spaghetti Western Locations for “The Relentless Four”


We continue with our search for filming locations for “The Relentless Four”. Lobo’s gang spots Sam Garrett sneaking along the side of John’s ranch house. A shootout erupts and when John throws a bucket out into the yard it distracts Lobo and Sam is able to make it to the barn. He jumps on his horse and is able to shoot Moss, one of Lobo’s henchmen, and rides off.


This scene was filmed at Rancho Cubero-Galicia, Spain location of which today nothing remains but an empty field.
 



For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/




Special Birthdays


Květa Fialová (actress) would have been 90 today, she died in 2017.













Piero Bianucci (screenwriter) is 75 today.

 











Elena Albu (actress) would have been 70 today, she died in 2003.